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Abstract
Excessive thirst manifested by excessive fluid intake. It is characteristic of many diseases such as DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; and NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS. The condition may be psychogenic in origin.
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- Polydipsias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Do not confuse with POLYDIPSIA, PSYCHOGENIC
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2012
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- Thirst (1963-2011)
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- National Library of Medicine. Polydipsia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D059606. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D059606
- Polydipsia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydipsia
- Polydipsia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q635195